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Ceresnak takes office AND DISCUSSES WHAT LED HIM THERE FORMER STUDENT JOURNALIST TURNS TO POLITICS AFTER TRANSFER FROM UGA STORY BY SAJA HINDI| PHOTOS BY DREIER CARR

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Alan Schueler sits at his desk opposite two twin computer monitors, moving the cursor through an invisible barrier as he tries to find a specific class section on a pilot version of Moodle, an open source application that could replace Blackboard Vista as a campus-wide course management system. “You come in and see what you’re registered for, which in my case is a bunch of junk,” said Schueler, who is the director of Academic and Administrative Technology for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Schueler has been working with the Moodle pilot since the idea to transfer course management systems was proposed in 2007. He clicks through a few more pages of red text and rounded edges, still looking on both monitors, before finding the one he wants. “Let’s go to ALS 103, Spring 2009.”

And Ceresnak shouldn’t have a problem having his voice heard next year — he’s the 2009-10 student body president. But politics wasn’t always his forte. After graduating from high school, Ceresnak attended the University of Georgia with the intention of graduating with a journalism degree. “My parents were pushing hard for me to go to Carolina,” Ceresnak said. “But it wasn’t for me.” Ceresnak said he was editor of his high school newspaper for two years and even had the chance to be on air at a local radio station when he was in middle school because he called in so much — the hosts then invited him to be on the sports show. At his Catholic high school, in addition to his involvement with the newspaper, Ceresnak was also on both the baseball team and the swim team. However, after spending some time in Georgia, Ceresnak realized that UGA was not going to be in his future despite his heavy involvement with Delta Tau Delta. “I didn’t really have any direction there. I didn’t really have any focus,” he said. “I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do with my life.” So he transferred to UNC-Charlotte the second semester his sophomore year, pulled up his grades and saved money, and then transferred to N.C. State. “It ended up working out,” Ceresnak said. “It was really amazing how a lot of hard work really paid off.” And that’s when he started to become engrossed in the world of politics. “I ended up getting an internship in Raleigh that summer [before transferring to N.C. State] at the General Assembly,” Ceresnak, a junior in political science, said. “It was the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I found out that I really wanted to be involved in political science and N.C. State seemed like a great option for me.” Sen. Tom Apodaca (R), whom Ceresnak serves as intern for, said he is sure Ceresnak will do a good job as student body president. “I’ve watched him mature,” Apodaca said. “He’s become more confident as he goes.” Apodaca said he tries to stress the importance of serving their constituents to his interns, and Ceresnak agreed that he learned that from working under Apodaca. “The main thing I want them to get out is we’re here for the people who elected us,” Apodaca said. “We’re here helping them navigate the bureaucracy of government.” Ceresnak said public service is really important to him and that’s why he decided to take his political activity even further and volunteer with Students for Pat McCrory for Governor. “One of the reasons I love Pat McCrory is so much is because I feel like the guy is genuine and he does the job that is meant to be done in his position. He’s an ego-free sort of leader who is really a public servant first,” Ceresnak said. That was the extent of Ceresnak’s involvement with the University though, minus some work with the College Republicans. At least until he decided to run for student body president. “It wasn’t something I was thinking about over Christmas break. It wasn’t even something I was thinking about at the beginning of the semester,” Ceresnak said. But his relationship with the 2008-09 student body president, Jay Dawkins, put the idea in his head. Dawkins is Ceresnak’s roommate. “Being so close to Jay and being with Jay so much, I understand how hard the kid works. I see how he’s not there — he’s never at home. He’s always in the office, getting stuff done. And the decision I had to make was, ‘am I going to be willing and able to commit as much time and

A natural progression Everything has a lifespan. 85 years, 7 billion years, 24 hours. But anything that falls in a technological category tends to live as long as it takes for something newer, shinier and faster to come along. For campus course management systems, more formally known as Learning Management Systems, this natural progression comes about every four or five years, according to Donna Petherbridge, associate vice provost for DELTA’s Instructional Support Services. Wolf Ware, the first campuswide LMS, was written about 14 years ago. In 1999, the University subscribed to Web CT, a commercial course management system. “That particular product was not as enterprise as we needed it to be,” Petherbridge said. So about five years ago, Vista took over as the official system for faculty to post quizzes, lectures, notes and references that is available to students based on their course schedule. “It’s time for another evaluation and pilot of another system because so much has changed over the years,” Petherbridge said. MOODLE continued page 5

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS In the April 8 page-eight story “Pack outlasts Charlotte,� Lisa Navas’ name was incorrect. In Wednesday’s page-five story on the recession, the graph’s y-axis was unclear. The numbers referred to the Dow Jones Industrial Average since December of 2007. Technician regrets these errors. Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Saja Hindi at editor@ technicianonline.com.

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About 1,200 protestors stood before the State Capitol Building Wednesday evening to protest the federal government’s bailout efforts through a rally and picketing during what was popularized as the “Raleigh Tea Party” — a modern homage to Boston residents who threw British tea into Boston Harbor in protest of high taxes in 1773. The rally was part of the Nationwide Tax Day Tea Party as organizers held more than 33 “tea parties”

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in North Carolina alone to bring attention to what organizers referred to as “the Generational

Theft Act of 2009. Nearly all who gathered at Capitol Square carried signs, many

bearing Revolutionary War-era insignia and using diction of that time period, suggesting the federal government was overtaxing Americans in an effort to pay off debts caused by overspending. After Melodye Aben, a Raleigh mother and organizer of the protest, spoke to the crowd, Republican State Senator Phil Berger reminded the protestors why they came. “You’re here because you’re tired of the government making you pay someone else’s mortgage,” Berger proclaimed to the cheering crowd. “You’re here because you don’t believe in our government acting as Robin Hood, and you’re here because you believe people that work

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Morrow said. “There is no law saying the federal government can take average working citizens’ money. There is one for the state income tax, but none for a federal one.” Morrow said he was also concerned about corruption in politics. “The government has been packed with lobbyists since Clinton,” Morrow said. “They’re rich and they’ve been buying power.” David Carlton, a junior in civil engineering, said he was hoping a large showing at the protest would show others what’s wrong with the government’s decisions. “I’m here to protest these socio-economic reforms,” Carlton said. “And hopefully open up people’s minds to the flaws of the bipartisan system.” Natalie Visage, a junior in communication, said she was also at the rally to show her displeasure with the state of the nation. “I’m sick of big government and wasteful spending,” Visage said. “The government is taking our tax dollars and using them for things we don’t want.” Visage said the protest wasn’t about political parties or alliances, but was meant to be a uniting factor against the government bailouts and tax hikes. “I don’t consider it a conservative protest or a liberal protest,” Visage said. “It’s a ‘We the people’ movement.”

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president’s office working these past few weeks. continued from page 1 And Dawkins said Ceresnak has the right personality for the effort as he has done?’ Because job. I wouldn’t be comfortable with “He has so much energy. myself if I wasn’t able to do that,” Whenever he gets excited about Ceresnak said. something, it’s so much fun to be Dawkins, a senior in civil engi- around him because he gets fired neering, said up about it,” it was really Dawkins said. just by luck Ceresnak that Ceresnak said when ended up liv- TECHNICIANONLINE.COM once he deing with him Watch video of Ceresnak’s platform goals from cided to run, and their oth- the election guide and view more photos of h e w a s n ’ t er roommates him in a photo gallery on the Web site. “ let ting of f last summer. throttle” until They needed an extra room- election day. mate, and a mutual friend, Peter Dawkins said if there was one Barnes, introduced them. word he could use to describe “The day he came to see the Ceresnak’s personality, it would house, some neighborhood bums be absurd. were harassing us, pounding on “He’s rambunctious. He’s loud, the front door. ... I’m surprised hilarious and usually absurd. ... Jim still lived with us,” Dawkins Vibrancy is the best word I can said with a laugh. use to describe Jim,” he said. Dawkins said throughout his But he added that Ceresnak term as student body president, has a clear-cut vision and knows Ceresnak would listen to him what he wants. talk about his ideas and vent Ceresnak said some people about the issues he was facing. have criticized him for think“He has this uncanny ability ing he can become student body to make the worst of situations president without prior Stusound ridiculous — to poke fun dent Government experience at at stuff — and put it into con- NCSU, but he sees it as more of text,” Dawkins said. an advantage. Dawkins said part of his re“I do want to make Student sponsibility as student body Government more visible and president was to find a compe- more accessible, and have stutent successor and decided to dents understand what it’s actujust “throw the idea out there” ally doing for them,” he said. to Ceresnak about running for Ceresnak said one of his other student body president. goals is to unify the campus and “Usually, when you put an idea all its colleges more where everylike that in someone’s head, it one feels that he or she is a part just keeps growing. There’s no of the University, and work with turning back,” Dawkins said. both students and administraCeresnak and Dawkins said tors to achieve that. the transition period will be And he said he expects consmooth — they both have spent stant student feedback throughlate nights in the student body out his term.

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Encourage political activism among peers THE ISSUE:

Students tend to be apathetic at this time of year about problems and issues.

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Students should stay active in politics, because the world doesn’t stop for Dead Week.

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Students need to continue to stay involved with issues they are passionate about.

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rganizers held the Raleigh Tax Day Tea Party Wednesday night at the State Capitol to protest irresponsible government spending, and about 1,200 people attended the event, some of whom were students from the University. The gathering was part of a nation-wide protest that got its inspiration from the Boston Tea Party of 1773 before the Revolutionary War. Jason Smith, sophomore in management, said the event would have been better if the orchestrators of the event had advertised and mobilized students more. He said up to 10 percent of the participants were students

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and there would have been more had the event been better advertised. Even though the organizers could have advertised better, it is refreshing to see young people interested in politics and caring enough to get involved and do something. During the 2008 presidential election, there was a noticeable spike in the youth vote and involvement. November’s election had the most youth turnout since 1972, according to the New York Times. Youth interest in politics usually slumps after an election,

hungry students can gather together to start the Krispy Kreme Challenge, which had more than 5,500 participants and raised more than $35,000 for the N.C. Children’s Hospital this year, then students can do anything they put their minds to. We are not encouraging people to start protests randomly. Students should just not lose sight of what is going on in the world outside of campus. Activism comes in different forms, whether it be protesting, talking to your legislators or working with the government. Get out there and have your voice heard!

and it’s reassuring to see students still care enough to gather together over an issue. Despite its lack of mobilization of students, we applaud the group for using the event to also help the community by collecting nonperishable food to donate to a local food bank. We encourage people who lead or participate in events like these to follow the example the Raleigh Tax Day Tea Party gave by using these events to help those in need. Who says students at the University can’t start political movements of this magnitude? If 12

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es, the economy is bad. Yes, the world is more dangerous than ever. This is no time for Liberals to expect Obama to come up with all of the answers. But t h is is also no time for Conservative Tea-baggers to whine about ta xes being raised Zakk White to 10 percent Staff Columnist less than during the Reagan Administration, according to the Congressional Joint Economic Committee. It is a time for critical political thought. College students in particular should try to educate themselves more about the government and pay closer attention to politics. One day we will be the establishment. While we have lots of free time, we should try to come up with some fresh ideas to improve America to avoid the pervasive silliness in today’s politics. Fellow students, think critically about your government. Do not blindly support or blindly criticize it. Be informed. Come up with fresh ideas and call your Congressman or Senator. It is up to you to make this great country even better. Here are a couple of ideas students of all political stripes could support. Congress has never had many fans throughout the history of the country, especially during recent years. Why is this? There is a flaw in the Constitution that should be addressed immediately. Article I, section II of the Constitution states: “The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states.” This section shows it’s age by the phrase “several states.” We have plenty more than “several states” and possibly more on the way (Puerto Rico anyone?). This passage was written for a society that is much smaller. This is not the case today and it shows.

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To address this problem, I propose extending the terms of members of the House or Representatives from two-year terms to either four or six through a Constitutional Amendment. When a Representative has only two years to try to carve out a niche, craft meaningful legislation, get bills passed and impress constituents it’s tough, to say the least. It seems to be a next-to-impossible task in a House of 435 voting members with the same ambitions. So how would extending terms help the political process? If representatives serve longer terms they would, at least in theory, spend less time in their district campaigning and more time in Washington learning the ropes of policy-making. This would also avoid much of the sneaky addition of earmarks in bill to impress a district as an easy way to get reelected. According to the Office of Budget and Management, there were 11,524 earmarks totaling $16.5 billion from members of congress in 2008. While this constitutes only 2 percent of the total budget, it is public perception that matters in politics. Many projects are important and vital to our country and that money should be spent by people who are able to spend more time studying each case. I propose an elected body called “Pork Street” whose sole purpose is to divide up pet projects for the states. The House and Senate should vote on a lump sum allotted for projects for the states that is given to “Pork Street” where the members debate and vote on exactly how it is spent. This will free up the Senate and the House to focus more on substantive issues and divide the lobbyists in half. If the power to distribute earmark money is separate from Congress, the legislative process will be less clogged and more efficient. Let Zakk know your thoughts on the legislature at letters@ technicianonline.com.

It’s me, not you If banks should not receive bailout money, why should students? This makes those who protest for money no less greedy than the banks. I find their accusation of greed most grating. After all, why are the protesters themselves in college? A majority are seeking a higher education to get a job that pays them more than the average American. That alone is enough to level an accusation of greed. However, they further demand to receive even more financial help than the current system provides. As mul-

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Did you hear about the Raleigh Tax Day Tea Party? Do you think it will be effective? Why or Why not? BY LUIS ZAPATA

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t is 8:50 p.m. Monday night and I am sitting in the Student Government offices in 307 Witherspoon Student Center. I’m awaiting the arrival of our new Student Body President Jim Ceresnak. Ceresnak is only about 20 minutes late, but no worries — student body presidents are never on time. It’s been some time since I have had the opportunity Andrew Payne to lounge in the Staff Columnist Student Government office. Looking back, I used to spend all my time on the third floor of Witherspoon, trading time between Technician, WKNC, Student Government and the squatter’s office I erected for myself in the atrium hallway. So as you can imagine, sitting here brings back memories. While I wait, Kelli Rogers, the newly elected Student Senate president, and Elmo Lamm, the new student body treasurer, are conducting a committee meeting. The committee lacks quorum, so

titudes of Americans suffer financial shortfalls, with no taxes to support them, these protesters attend a public institution which is by and large funded by taxes, so they can get a high paying job! Indeed, if bailouts are necessary, then perhaps the greatest sign of greed is to say, “You don’t deserve that money, I do.” The only difference between students and banks is students can do little to eliminate the credit crunch. Giving to banks stands a more reasonable chance to do just that. As for Ryan Thomson‘s remark about students being disconnected to

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the group digresses into general discussion and debate. I would like to chime in but it is not my place. The young group of students huddled up don’t know who I am, just that I am some lowly newspaper reporter. What I find most poignant is that student leaders today face the same challenges and issues that we faced. Finally, the student body president has arrived. Ceresnak and I just wrapped up our discussion. We spent about 50 minutes discussing a variety of topics — budget cuts, restrictions on fee supported organizations, the Board of Trustees and the University Administration. I knew Ceresnak was a student government outsider, so the purpose of the interview was not to gain insight into his knowledge of University policy but rather to gauge his overall take on student advocacy. I wanted to know if Ceresnak’s “got it.” And I’m proud to say he does. Ceresnak said his “mission is to serve the student body” and “ensure their student fees are spent well.” Like his predecessor, Jay Dawkins, Ceresnak will be a great student body president. Although I was never student body president (lost that election), I have a tremendous grasp

their tuition in the April 6 story ‚“Few show for protest,” he understands little himself. Tax appropriations and grants mostly support NCSU, and student tuition only pays for enough to cover about one fourth of University salaries, notwithstanding the huge amounts of money that is needed to cover all other operating expenses. The vast majority of student services is paid for by someone else than the student. Perhaps his parents could explain that to him.

on the position and the type of person it takes to serve in its capacity. I have lived, worked, served and lead with many student body presidents from across the state and at all 16 University of North Carolina schools. There are two types of effective student body presidents — passionate and strategic. I won’t bother describing the types of ineffective student leaders. A strategic leader uses the knowledge of the system to get things done. A good example of this is former student body president Tony Caravano. Ceresnak falls under the passionate heading. Although I had to wait, I’m glad Ceresnak and I had a chance to meet. Still in the midst of a transition, his student body president’s office is still rather sparse. In one corner of the room sat a cork board with a single Technician photo. The headline on the photo read “Thousands march on Capitol to protest budget cuts.” It was an awesome reminder of why I got involved with student advocacy, as Ceresnak so eloquently put it, “to make the University a little bit better.”

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“No, I see it as an effective means to get the word out. But the people making the big decisions will not be impacted much at all.” Mike Schillinglaw senior,science education

“Yes, I think protests in general don’t get people anywhere. People aren’t usually enthusiastic about getting out there and just a small group of people are not going to do a lot in the grand scheme of things.” Tony Gazzia senior, mechanical engineering

“I did not, and I don’t think it will be effective because at the end of the day, we elected the officials, so we gave them the power to appropriate funds how they feel. I do feel that if you disagree with something, that you should say something about it. I just don’t think protesting will do any good.” Salena Wright junior, nutrition and political science

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Blackboard’s decision to “start fresh� by creating a new LMS and eventually abandoning its old systems — one acquired Web CT’s Vista and the other was built in-house — coincides with the desire for a more advanced, flexible system, DELTA’s Associate Vice Provost for Educational Technology Services Lou Harrison said. The University’s support contract with Blackboard doesn’t run out until 2011, Petherbridge said, so the transition to a new system will be slow and cautious. When they do choose a system, it will most likely run in parallel to Blackboard Vista for at least three months. “We have time to look around,� Petherbridge said. “It looks like this is truly a migration to something else.� A mostly positive reaction The site’s interface is, in pilot mode, red and white like Vista. Other than that, Moodle has a more modern display that includes rounded edges and a collection of interactive features like a calendar, news feed for coursespecific upcoming events and chat functions. And this isn’t even Moodle in all its glory, Schueler said. “This is not how it will look,� he said. “This is a bare bones thing where we threw it on a server and said, ‘OK, let’s see what it can do.’� Schueler said those who have used the pilot — including DELTA and the colleges of education, natural resources and agriculture and life sciences, and anyone else who is willing to spend a little time playing with the pilot’s features — like it as well as or more than Vista. “It’s a little bit easier, it’s a little bit faster, it’s more robust,� Schueler said. “It gives the faculty a lot of flexibility in how they set up the course, what tools they

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of gaining nonprofit status, as well as seeking advertisers for the site. Raleigh Public Record will hold its first fundraiser Thursday night. “That’s the big challenge facing us — we’ve got this model started — how to we turn this from an all volunteer thing into something where we can pay to have good journalism done about Raleigh,� he said. “Journalism is expensive — it’s extremely expensive. You have to be able to pay reporters a decent salary.� For now, Pardo and his staff work full-time jobs and maintain the Record on the side. Similarly, volunteer contributors generate content for New Raleigh, a news blog launched in 2007 that dedicates its coverage to Raleigh. Jedidiah Gant, downtown editor for the site, works as an architect full time and as a blogger in his free time. He calls his role at New Raleigh “a labor of love� and not one for profit, which he said holds true for the rest of its small staff. He said the site began with a group of five to six contributors and has fluctuated ever since, holding steady at 15 to 20 contributors as of late. According to Gant, publisher David Millsaps started New Raleigh out of his frustration with local news coverage of teardowns and development in the city. He wanted to provide an opposing view to what existing news organizations reported. The site has since evolved, and now covers the arts, nightlife, restaurants, and HYPERLOCAL continued page 6

Larry King, Ashton Kutcher race to claim the Internet In a race that pits one celebrity against a giant news corporation, Ashton Kutcher has challenged CNN’s Ted Turner to a — duel? And the first one to reach 1 million followers on the popular social networking site Twitter wins. “Hola, citizens of the Interweb; bonjour to the Frenchmen,� Kutcher begins in a YouTube video released Monday. Kutcher continues, describing how he stumbled upon a Web site that showed him how many followers he had on Twitter compared to how many followers CNN had. The difference? About 50,000. This revelation spurred Kutcher, dressed in a white beach hat, to start a race with news empire CNN and its billionaire founder Ted Turner. The first one with a million followers wins. “If I beat CNN to a million followers, I will literally go and ding dong ditch Ted Turner’s house while I’m in Atlanta,� Kutcher said. “I will video it, and I will post the video of me ding dong ditching Ted Turner’s house. Holy moly. That’s amazing.� It was a threat CNN’s Larry King wouldn’t stand for. He countered with a YouTube video that questioned Kutcher’s intelligence and his ability to win the bet. “Hey Kutcher, I got your message. It’s Larry King. Do I have to tell you who I am? Anyway. Are you putting me on? Are — are you kidding? Do you think you can take on an entire network? Do you know how big we are? Do you know what CNN is!?� CNN is currently winning the race, though as both Twitters are gaining followers at the rate of more than 20,000 a day, the winner should be decided shortly. SOURCE: YOUTUBE

Apple, AT&T renew contract iPhone-maker Apple and its service provider AT&T have renewed a contract that allows AT&T to exclusively carry the popular iPhone until 2010. The contact extension came as a result of the service provider offering Apple a subsidy of $300 on each iPhone it sells. Previously, AT&T gave Apple a percentage of iPhone-driven earnings. SOURCE: USA TODAY

Parody highlights PC problems When the MacBook Air came out, it didn’t take long for someone to make a parody of the product’s commercial, which showed a slim computer being removed from inside a manila envelope. The parody showed a hand removing a piece of paper from a manila envelope and then proceeding to flap it around. Now, the product being parodied is Microsoft’s commercial, which plays up the cheap price of a PC. The parody video, premiered over YouTube, shows “Homeless Frank� searching for a PC priced at less than $1,000. Trouble is, Frank can’t find one worth using. He ends up using his purchase as a blanket for his face. The parody brings to light the fact that although PCs are priced low, the commercials fail to mention its customers’ dissatisfaction with Microsoft’s operating system Vista. Additionally, it also raises the point that many PCs are made from cheaper materials, which lower their price. SOURCE: YOUTUBE

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But the question of whether or not to expand is pressing for news blogs nationwide, as well as how to go forward in light of the country’s — and industry’s — economic state. The State of News Media 2009 report, released by the PEW Project for Excellence in Journalism, addresses this. “Among new alternative news outlets, the economic model looks no more promising. For all the experiments with new ways of reporting, producing, disseminating and sharing news content, most of the money to support them has come either from philanthropy or private individuals,” the report reads. Pardo said there are news blog success stories, such as that of one in Minneapolis, Minn., called Minn Post, which “does a

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Now just one game above .500, State’s only hope to continued from page 8 ma ke the postseason is through conference play. The Pack’s record of 7-11 in striking out three Pack Batters. the ACC has the team in 10th State scattered four hits dur- place in the conference standing the shutout ings. while allowing State must the Pirates to finish in the hit thirteen. top eight to Maynard, one qualif y for of four State t he AC C players to reTournacord a hit, said ment. the Pack did not “We’re have enoug h putting more energy in the emphasis on game. the confer“I don’t think ence,” Avent we came ready said. to play,” May“ObviousCoach Elliot Avent on the nard said. ly, it looks ECU baseball team “We d id n’t like [ECU] is have a lot of enputting more ergy at the start emphasis on of the game, t he we e k . and I think it just carried over They pitched a lot of their from there.” weekend starters against us, Redshirt freshman Russell and we’re trying to get ready Wilson saw action for just the for the weekend, so it’s a little 10th game this season, pinch bit of a difference.” hitting for third baseman Drew The Wolfpack will take on Martin. No. 15 Florida State at Doak Wilson, who carried a .222 Field Friday afternoon. batting average into the game, grounded out to shortstop.

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ment. “Beating Carolina 4-0 at their place was the best experience in my entire life,” Weinacker said. “Just jumping on each other and celebrating was amazing. I still have the pictures all over my room.” After graduation, Weinacker said he doesn’t have pro dreams because for a brief three weeks during his sophomore year he took a dip in the pro-circuit and said he realized it wasn’t quite for him. “For a while I though I wanted to go pro,” Weinacker said. “I went out there to try it and got an ATP point and was ranked professionally, but it was miserable living in hotels in crummy cities and sharing a bed.” Weinacker said his heart is in giving back to the tennis community. He plans on returning to Birmingham to teach tennis to juniors and ladies. “I’m not going to give up tennis,” Weinacker said. “I hope to get into college coaching at some point. I’ve

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ACROSS 1 Late-night name 4 Sharp-witted 9 O. Henry’s “The Gift of the __” 13 Prop extension? 14 Taunts 15 Key that often sounds gloomy 16 Windy City superstation 17 Toxic defoliant used in Vietnam 19 Charlie Parker’s instrument 21 Novel type 22 Sings, so to speak 23 Philosopher __tzu 25 “As I see it,” in e-mail 27 1930s Fred Astaire partner 32 Rowlands of “Another Woman” 35 Place for a stud 36 Tribute with a wink 37 Siouan speaker 38 Study of rock groups? 40 Old touring car 41 2005 horror sequel 43 Artist who worked on Hitchcock’s “Spellbound” 44 O.K. Corral name 45 Show runner 48 Certain, for sure: Abbr. 49 LAX tower gp. 50 Golden __ 54 Actress Cusack 56 Don hastily 58 “Adam Bede” novelist 62 Red-and-white supermarket logo 63 Perplexed 64 “Lovergirl” vocalist __ Marie 65 Rapa __: Easter Island 66 Yegg’s thousands 67 Letter appearing only in down answers; its opposite appears only in across answers

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68 Glue is one DOWN 1 Scold 2 Billiards player’s consideration 3 Streisand title role 4 Tennis great who retired in 2006 5 Prefix with hertz 6 Alpine goat 7 Sportscaster Berman 8 More than -er? 9 Address to a pal, in Pamplona 10 “Archie Bunker’s Place” costar 11 Satanic nation in Revelation 12 Anger 15 Hosp. scanner 18 Skunk’s defense 20 ’70s Olympics name 23 Matt of “Joey” 24 Anatomical ring 26 “Mr. Triple Axel” Brian 28 Marlins’ div. 29 Skilled in 30 Access ending 31 End

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32 Tenet’s CIA successor 33 French states 34 “When pigs fly!” 38 Donate, in Dundee 39 Club appearance 42 Overlooks 44 Logician’s connector 46 Nape growth 47 Livestock identifier

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WOLF FACTS Harper announced women’s basketball coach

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Volleyball adds Wang to program

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A ROUGH NIGHT:

Deputy Sports Editor & Staff Writer

GREENVILLE, N.C. — With an NCAA at-large bid already out of its reach, the Wolfpack entered Wednesday night’s game with No. 17 East Carolina with nothing to lose other than the pride of a program playing one of its in-state rival. But the Pack (19-18) failed to score as it fell 7-0 at East Carolina (27-10) in front of a packed crowd of 4,902 in Clark-LeClaire Stadium. Freshman Cory Mazzoni (1-4), who seemed like he was back on track after allowing only one run in six innings against UNC Wilmington last week, struggled in his start against the Pirates. Mazzoni allowed three runs and six hits in four innings of work Wednesday night. According to coach Elliott Avent, Mazzoni is starting to return to his early season form. “Cory [Mazzoni] was a lot better pitcher in the fall. Unfortunately, he’s gotten off to a rough start with us. That guy’s got good stuff. He’s going to be a great pitcher at

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Senior Drew Martin makes a dash for first base in the home baseball game against ECU April 1. The Wolfpack fell to the Pirates for the second time this season Wednesday night in a 7-0 loss.

N.C. State. He just got off to a bad start in the spring,� Avent said. “He had a great outing last week. This was a good outing, but it’s a tough night to pitch. There is a great hitting ballclub at East Carolina, and this is a hitter’s ballpark.�

East Carolina’s first two runs followed a costly misjudgment in the second inning. With a runner on second and one out, Dallas Poulk stopped a ball hit to the left side of the infield, but failed to recognize that the runner on second was halfway to third base.

Instead of trying to get the lead runner, he threw late to first, and as a result, both base runners were safe at the corners. Freshman left fielder Pratt Maynard said practice would not be fun today. “It’s going to be bad, [coach Avent is] going to be mad,� May-

nard said. “We’re going to have a hard practice, but hopefully we’ll clean it up this weekend and finish strong.� State brought in reliever Joey Cutler to replace Mazzoni in the fifth inning. Cutler, who carried a 3.80 ERA into the contest, was only able to manage one out after allowing four runs on five hits. Meanwhile, East Carolina starter Kevin Brandt threw for a career-high 6.2 innings allowing three hits and no runs while BASEBALL continued page 7

WOMEN’S TENNIS

MEN’S TENNIS

GYMNASTICS @ NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Lincoln, Neb., All day

Women’s tennis ready for ACC tournament

Weinacker leads team to final ACC Championship

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD @ ACC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Miami, Fla., All day

Team looks end losing streak in match against Florida State

Senior Jay Weinacker uses leadership, commitment in his four years with the men’s tennis team

4ODAY MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TENNIS @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Cary, N.C., All day

&RIDAY MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD @ ACC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Miami, Fla., All day MEN’S GOLF @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Badin Lake, N.C., All day WOMEN’S GOLF @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Greensboro, N.C., All day GYMNASTICS @ NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Lincoln, Neb., All day BASEBALL VS. FLORIDA STATE Doak Field, 6:30 p.m. 3ATURDAY MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD @ ACC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Miami, Fla., All day MEN’S GOLF @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Badin Lake, N.C., All day WOMEN’S GOLF @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Greensboro, N.C., All day GYMNASTICS @ NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Lincoln, Neb., All day SOFTBALL VS. FLORIDA STATE Curtis & Jacqueline Dail Stadium, 1 & 3 p.m. KAY YOW SPRING FOOTBALL GAME Carter Finley Stadium, 1 p.m. BASEBALL VS. FLORIDA STATE Doak Field, 6:30 p.m.

COMING SOON #OVERAGE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW WOMEN S BASKETBALL COACH +ELLIE (ARPER

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Jen Hankin

Deputy Sports Editor

Senior Staff Writer

The women’s tennis team will take on No. 17 Florida State today at noon at the Cary Tennis Center in the first round of the ACC Championships. The winner will go on to play No. 7 Georgia Tech Friday. The Wolfpack come into the tournament riding an eight-game losing streak, all against ACC opponents, however, coach Hans Olsen said he hopes playing on its home court will be advantageous for the team. “We feel very comfortable playing here close to home, and we’ll have a good group of people out there to support us,� Olsen said. “We’ll have a good energy and a good vibe.� The last time the two teams met, the Seminoles walked away with a 6-1 victory. Senior Neils Barringer was the lone State player to win her singles match while FSU ran the court. “We played Florida State two weekends ago, and it was a tough match,� Barringer said. “We’re looking forward to tomorrow because it should be really competitive.� The Seminoles notched a 14-6 record this season and have three high-ranked players. State has two ranked singles players of its own, sophomore Lenka Hojckova and junior Berkeley Brock, at 94th and 118th, respectively. The team closed out the regular season with a 5-2 loss

ANDY MUSSELMAN/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTO

Caption Junior Berkely Brock hits the ball during the women’s tennis match versus UNC in the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center Feb. 6. The team will face No. 17 Florida State in the ACC Tournament at the Cary Tennis Complex Thursday at noon.

at Virginia, a match in which Olsen saw some positive aspects of the team. “The team is hot right now. We were looking for a match where everyone was on the same page on all the courts from start to finish, and the girls did a great job of that,� Olsen said. Junior Daria Petrovic said she has seen some of the same determination Olsen is hoping

for from her team in recent matches. “Recently, we’ve been fighting hard, staying focused and making every single moment count,� Petrovic said. Barringer, the lone senior on the team, said she will be focused on making every moment count in her final ACC tournament.

Senior Jay Weinacker, an important leader on the men’s tennis team, has spent much of his time lately trying to help the men’s tennis team prepare for what could be its final match of the regular season. The Wolfpack will compete in the ACC Championships this afternoon in Cary. “We could make a serious run,� Weinacker said. “But we have a big task in front of us.� Weinacker, from Birmingham, Ala. broke the school record for singles wins this season, currently having 104 career wins, and has competed throughout the year at No. 1 singles. Weinacker has a national ranking of No. 36 and has been a rock for the Pack since day one. “He’s been a consistent part of this program for the past four years,� coach Jon Choboy said. “He’s had very few off days.� As a junior in high school, Weinacker fell a little under the radar and was not heavily recruited. Yet that didn’t stop Choboy from selecting what turned out to be a superior athlete. “Choboy saw in me what a lot of coaches didn’t,� Weinacker said. “He had a plan for me right from the start.� Choboy’s plan consisted of all-around game improvement, including a big effort to improve Weinacker’s leadership abilities. “It’s great to be a leader for these guys,� Weinacker said.

“We have a ton of young guys that have a tremendous amount of talent and they will be great players in the future. I just wish I could be here for a few more years to see players like Jamie [Pulgar], Akash [Gujarati] and [David] Chermak grow.� Weinacker said he takes his leadership role seriously. Choboy said Weinacker never thinks about himself despite his accomplishments as an individual player. “Jay really loved being on the team even more than he loved playing tennis,� Choboy said. “His personal record, when he looks back, will be special but the team part of it is much more special.� According to Weinacker, being a leader also adds a lot of pressure on a daily basis. “You have to come out every day and make sure that no matter what’s going on with you, if you’re having a bad day or not hitting the ball well, you still have to have the right attitude on the court, whereas some of the other guys have more leeway.� Weinacker said. Reflecting back on his years at State, Weinacker said he has accomplished most of the goals he set for himself, including getting an ATP point, beating Carolina, and making it to the NCAA Tournament in doubles. “I have done a lot more with my tennis game that I ever thought I would,� Weinacker said. “I’ve achieved almost everything I wanted to achieve out of it.� One moment Weinacker said he will never forget was during his sophomore year when the Pack beat UNC in the second round of the NCAA TournaWEINACKER continued page 7

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